MetaFilter posts tagged with wiki and wikipediahttp://www.metafilter.com/tags/wiki+wikipedia
Posts tagged with 'wiki' and 'wikipedia' at MetaFilter.Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:46:40 -0800Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:46:40 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Udderly complexhttp://www.metafilter.com/137351/Udderly%2Dcomplex
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Milkproducts.svg">Milk products and production relationships.</a> An elaborate, color-coded Wikipedia diagram showing both common pathways such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_milk">raw milk</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream">cream</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter">butter</a>, and more esoteric pathways to products such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_%28dairy_product%29">quark</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasta_filata">pasta filata</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smetana_%28dairy_product%29">schmand</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.137351Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:46:40 -0800grouse"Wikipedia is strangling itself"http://www.metafilter.com/133154/Wikipedia%2Dis%2Dstrangling%2Ditself
<a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/">MIT's Technology Review Charts the decline of Wikipedia.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.133154Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:08:01 -0800DiablevertWikipedia on Chelsea Manninghttp://www.metafilter.com/131613/Wikipedia%2Don%2DChelsea%2DManning
<a href="http://www.philipsandifer.com/2013/09/something-rotten-at-sausage-factory-how.html">This is the story of how the fifth largest website in the world came to actively embrace transphobia and hate speech.</a> Philip Sandifer <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/104584/Were-All-Stories-In-The-End">(previously)</a> writes about Wikipedia's debate surrounding changing Chelsea Manning's page title after she publically came out as trans. tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.131613Wed, 04 Sep 2013 09:24:26 -0800LemurrheaA notable issue with Wikipediahttp://www.metafilter.com/101461/A%2Dnotable%2Dissue%2Dwith%2DWikipedia
<i>Here’s what we think the Editor Trends Study tells us: Between 2005 and 2007, newbies started having real trouble successfully joining the Wikimedia community. Before 2005 in the English Wikipedia, nearly 40% of new editors would still be active a year after their first edit. After 2007, only about 12-15% of new editors were still active a year after their first edit. Post-2007, lots of people were still trying to become Wikipedia editors. What had changed, though, is that they were increasingly failing to integrate into the Wikipedia community, and failing increasingly quickly. The Wikimedia community had become too hard to penetrate.</i> - <a href="http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/March_2011_Update">The Wikimedia Strategy March 2011 Update</a> discusses wikipedia's declining ability to retain new editors. Meanwhile the case of the <a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/03/04/did-an-old-grudge-ge.html">deletion (and restoration)</a> of the article on the <a href="http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/03/04/the-remarkable-notability-of-old-man-murray/">remarkably notable</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_Murray">Old Man Murray</a> highlights the bad decisions that can occur when insular admins and editors favor deletionist sentiment and bureaucratic rule-waving over the input of outsiders and a basic level of research. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.101461Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:47:17 -0800ArtwThe Hitchhiker's Guide to Humanityhttp://www.metafilter.com/98953/The%2DHitchhikers%2DGuide%2Dto%2DHumanity
Everybody knows <a href="http://tvtropes.org">TVTropes</a> is the best and most <a href="http://xkcd.com/609/">time</a>-<a href="http://i.imgur.com/UfzxJ.jpg">killing-est</a> way to learn about the clich&#0233;s and archetypes that permeate modern media. But dear reader, there is <i>so much more</i>. Enter <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UsefulNotes">Useful Notes</a>. Originally created as a place for tropers to pool factual information as a writing aid, the subsite has quietly grown into a small wiki of its own -- a compendium of crowdsourced wisdom on a staggering array of topics, all written in the site's signature brand of lighthearted snark. Though it reads like an irreverent and informal Wikipedia, its articles act as genuinely useful primers to complex and obscure topics alike, all in service of the project's five goals: "To debunk common media stereotypes; to help you understand some media better; to educate, inform and sometimes entertain; to promote peace and understanding (maybe); and... to facilitate world domination." Sounds about right. Click inside for bountiful highlights... if you dare. [note: not all articles are hosted in the /UsefulNotes/ subfolder, but all grew out of the original page and are indexed there. If you find any material that's messy, weak, or inaccurate, remember: it's a wiki!]
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UsefulNotes">Main UsefulNotes Index</a>
A small sampling from the major categories:
<b>Geography:</b> (including detailed subcategories for most major nations)
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheAmericas">The Americas</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Europe">Europe</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Asia">Asia</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Africa">Africa</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Oceania">Oceania</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MajorWorldCities">Major World Cities</a>
<blockquote>Excerpts from an example subcategory:
<b>The United States:</b> <i>"The general feeling among Americans about these parties is that one of them is evil, and the other is incompetent. Which is which depends on whom you ask. </i>"
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates">Main Index</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem">American Political System</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePresidents">U.S. Presidents</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSeveralStates">U.S. States</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks">U.S. Military</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanCourts">Legal System</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanEducationalSystem">Educational System</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanNewspapers">Newspapers</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanHolidays">Holidays</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanCustomaryMeasurements">Weights and Measures</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmericanAccents">Accents</a>
Other major national pages:
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Canada">Canada</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Mexico">Mexico</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Brazil">Brazil</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Britain">United Kingdom</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Germany">Germany</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/France">France</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Spain">Spain</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Italy">Italy</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Russia">Russia</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica">South Africa</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/India">India</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/China">China</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Japan">Japan</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Indonesia">Indonesia</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Australia">Australia</a></blockquote>
<b>Media:</b>
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MainstreamMedia">Mainstream Media</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VideoGameSystems">Video Games</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Subcultures">Subcultures</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Irony">Irony</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/HeavyMetal">Heavy Metal</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HistoryOfHollywood">History of Hollywood</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HistoryOfAnimation">History of Animation</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/The50GreatestCartoons">The 50 Greatest Cartoons</a>
<b>History:</b>
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ClassicalMythology">Classical Mythology</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheTrojanWar">Trojan War</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Pre-ColumbianCivilizations">Pre-Columbian Civilizations</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Economics">Economics</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheAmericanRevolution">American Revolution</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RomanovsAndRevolutions">Russian Revolution</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HistoryOfTheColdWar">Cold War</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict">Arab-Israeli Conflict</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WorldWarII">World War II</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheFifties">1950s</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheNineties">1990s</a>
<b>Famous People:</b>
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WilliamShakespeare">William Shakespeare</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/The47Ronin">The 47 Ronin</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarieAntoinette">Marie Antoinette</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MarkTwain">Mark Twain</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheodoreRoosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdolfHitler">Adolf Hitler</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlbertEinstein">Albert Einstein</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/JosefStalin">Joseph Stalin</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BarackObama">Barack Obama</a>
<b>Military:</b>
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ForcesWithFirepower">Militaries by Nation</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AtomicHate">Nuclear Weapons</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NavalGazing">Naval Warfare</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlaneSpotting">Military Aviation</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ModernBattlefieldWeapons">Modern Battlefield Weapons</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar">The Laws of War</a>
<b>Religion:</b>
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Christianity">Christianity</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Islam">Islam</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Buddhism">Buddhism</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Hinduism">Hinduism</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Judaism">Judaism</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Atheism">Atheism</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Gnosticism">Gnosticism</a>
<b>Sports:</b>
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball">Football</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Baseball">Baseball</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Basketball">Basketball</a> - <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheBeautifulGame">Soccer</a>
(<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/UsefulNotes">And that's just scratching the surface...</a>) tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.98953Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:00:08 -0800Rhaomin degrees of Wikipediahttp://www.metafilter.com/92408/n%2Ddegrees%2Dof%2DWikipedia
Link <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Lawrence">Martin Lawrence</a> to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy">Diplomacy</a> to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist">Antichrist</a> using only wiki links with <a href="http://wikipediagame.org/">The Wikipedia Game</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.92408Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:39:46 -0800mexican"...for the scientific community, the most critical organ of the incentive system is the cycle of credit."http://www.metafilter.com/84759/for%2Dthe%2Dscientific%2Dcommunity%2Dthe%2Dmost%2Dcritical%2Dorgan%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dincentive%2Dsystem%2Dis%2Dthe%2Dcycle%2Dof%2Dcredit
Just how credible is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Credibility">Wikipedia</a>? While some have tested this <a href="http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1413/1331">empirically</a>, others have chosen <a href="http://www.frozennorth.org/C2011481421/E652809545/index.html">more dubious methodology</a>. For a site that gives no credit to its post authors, one wonders, <a href="http://66.102.1.104/scholar?q=cache:yyiyaKSiQfYJ:scholar.google.com/&hl=en">why even bother?</a> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.84759Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:11:04 -0800iamkimiamLike many posts, this one starts with a Wikipedia link for general background.http://www.metafilter.com/78620/Like%2Dmany%2Dposts%2Dthis%2Done%2Dstarts%2Dwith%2Da%2DWikipedia%2Dlink%2Dfor%2Dgeneral%2Dbackground
<strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, the free encyclopedia that <del>anyone</del><ins>trusted users</ins> can edit.</strong> If the MediaWiki <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Flagged_revisions">FlaggedRevisions</a> extension is enabled, the general public will see changes to articles only after approval by a trusted editor. Wikipedians conducted a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Flagged_revisions/Trial/Votes">poll</a> on whether Wikipedia should enable the feature for a limited trial. Almost 60 percent of voting editors answered in the affirmative. Wikipedia founder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales">Jimbo Wales</a>'s subsequent request to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-01-24/Flagged_Revisions"> enable the feature anyway has been opposed by some</a>, claiming that the margin of votes does not meet Wikipedia's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> standard. While it might help avoid <a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/01/kennedy_the_latest_victim_of_w.html?hpid=topnews">embarrassing incidents of vandalism</a>, the proposed trial <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/27/wikipedia-may-approve-all-changes">could lead to a big change in the Wikipedia way</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.78620Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:35:09 -0800grouseTruth Vandals?http://www.metafilter.com/73125/Truth%2DVandals
XKCD <a href="http://xkcd.com/446/">mocks Wikipedia's "in popular culture" sections</a>. Wikipedians <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wood#In_Popular_Culture_.28see_http:.2F.2Fxkcd.com.2F446.2F.29">take the idea seriously</a>. The article ("<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood">Wood</a>"). goes on lockdown. But is adding correct, even if useless, information really WikiVandalism? tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73125Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:16:25 -0800l33tpolicywonkMarshall Poe: professional historian with some cool projectshttp://www.metafilter.com/70947/Marshall%2DPoe%2Dprofessional%2Dhistorian%2Dwith%2Dsome%2Dcool%2Dprojects
<a href="http://newbooksinhistory.com/">New Books In History</a>. Historian <a href="http://www.dailyiowan.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=0760ae3c-03d3-4271-934c-764d49afe93f">Marshall Poe</a> talks with other historians about their newly published books. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Poe">Marshall</a> <a href="http://www.uiowa.edu/~history/People/poe.html">Poe</a> is involved in a number of interesting projects including an upcoming book about Wikipedia: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385522622/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/"><i>Everyone Knows Everything. The Rise of WikiWorld and the Democratization of Knowledge</i></a>; he is a <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/by/marshall_poe">regular contributor</a> at <i>The Atlantic Monthly</i> and author of <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200609/wikipedia">"The Hive"</a>; he founded <a href="http://www.memoryarchive.org/en/MemoryArchive">MemoryArchive</a>, "the encyclopedia of memories." And he is working on a new website "historyshorts.org" (not up yet) that will have short videos about history. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.70947Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:09:25 -0800stbalbachGoogle's Knolhttp://www.metafilter.com/67449/Googles%2DKnol
<a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/encouraging-people-to-contribute.html">Google takes on Wikipedia with</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knol">Knol.</a> <a href="http://searchengineland.com/071213-213400.php">The</a> <a href="http://mashable.com/2007/12/14/google-knol-more-of-the-same/">web</a> <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/14/google-knol-a-step-too-far/">re</a><a href="http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/12/googles-knols-i.html">sponds.</a> Invite only, of course. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.67449Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:20:44 -0800SoupWe ettle tae come up wi writin that's easy tae read an can be soondit bi readers in thair ain dialect.http://www.metafilter.com/64434/We%2Dettle%2Dtae%2Dcome%2Dup%2Dwi%2Dwritin%2Dthats%2Deasy%2Dtae%2Dread%2Dan%2Dcan%2Dbe%2Dsoondit%2Dbi%2Dreaders%2Din%2Dthair%2Dain%2Ddialect
We've discussed <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/32818/a-simple-encyclopedia">Simple English Wikipedia</a>, and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/37412/I-could-probably-fake-fluency-in-Bengali">descriptions of other languages in English</a>, but have you tried reading <a href="http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">wikipedia in Scots</a>? <small>You asked if <a href="http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_leid">Scots </a>is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language">language</a>?</small> How about any of the <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias">other 253</a> languages of Wikipedia? tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.64434Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:59:14 -0800jacalatafact checkers out there in the factospherehttp://www.metafilter.com/58900/fact%2Dcheckers%2Dout%2Dthere%2Din%2Dthe%2Dfactosphere
"Tired of the <strong>LIBERAL BIAS</strong> every time you search on Google and a Wikipedia page appears?" At <a href="http://www.conservapedia.com/Main_Page">Conservapedia</a>, a "conservative encyclopedia you can trust," you can learn that "faith" is <a href="http://www.conservapedia.com/Faith">a concept "exclusive to Christianity,"</a> and about how Wikipedia is <a href="http://www.conservapedia.com/Examples_of_Bias_in_Wikipedia">biased</a> in matters such as its description of the Bell Trade Act of 1946, its gossipy treatment of the private life of NPR reporter Nina Totenberg, and its seeming acceptance of evolution. The Wikipedia bias entry also complains of a "rant" against the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a group for which Conservapedia founder (and son of conservative gadfly <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/printables/critics/051107crbo_books">Phyllis Schafly</a>) <a href="http://www.conservapedia.com/User:Aschlafly">Andrew Schlafly</a> has worked. Signups are <a href="http://www.conservapedia.com/How_To_Create_a_Conservapedia_Account">here</a>; its take on evolution is criticized <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/02/im_assuming_many_conservatives.php">here</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.58900Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:17:08 -0800ibmcgintywikiniftyhttp://www.metafilter.com/57809/wikinifty
<a href="http://www.wikiseek.com/">Wikiseek.</a> A better way to search <a href="http://wikipedia.org">Wikipedia</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.57809Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:52:32 -0800allkindsoftimeAl Franken has awarded his COMMUNIST SEAL OF APPROVAL to Al Frankenhttp://www.metafilter.com/55661/Al%2DFranken%2Dhas%2Dawarded%2Dhis%2DCOMMUNIST%2DSEAL%2DOF%2DAPPROVAL%2Dto%2DAl%2DFranken
<a href="http://www.wikiality.com/Ivy-league">These institutions</a> have one very clear problem: they promote facts and books. Clearly something needs to be done. Call your local police or FBI field office or speak clearly into the closest potted plant to give the NSA <a href="<a href="http://www.wikiality.com/category:terrorist>all pertinent information</a> regarding these and <a href="http://www.wikiality.com/Pretzels">other terrorist elements</a>. View a rough sketch of <a href="http://www.wikiality.com/Hell">Hell</a>. <i>What we're doing is bringing democracy to <a href="http://www.wikiality.com/Wikiality">knowledge</a>.</i> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.55661Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:51:26 -0800Blazecock PileonHeh.http://www.metafilter.com/48717/Heh
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/United_States_Congress">editors from the range of IP addresses belonging to the <i>United States Congress</i> have been banned from wikipedia.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.48717Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:45:04 -0800delmoiWikipedia: The Rules Have Changedhttp://www.metafilter.com/47285/Wikipedia%2DThe%2DRules%2DHave%2DChanged
After he discovered a false biography on Wikipedia that claims he was responsible for the death of JFK and his brother Bobby, <a href="http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/biography.aspx?name=seigenthaler">John Seigenthaler</a> wrote <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051130/cm_usatoday/afalsewikipediabiography">an op-ed piece in USA Today</a> refuting those claims and rebuking Wiki admins and the ISPs that host them.
Now, in light of Seigenthaler's outrage, the once open access <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174900789">Wikipedia now requires registration</a> to submit new articles to the English language version of the site. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.47285Mon, 05 Dec 2005 15:27:26 -0800brittneyStandup comedy cultural hot button Wikipedia hack.http://www.metafilter.com/47136/Standup%2Dcomedy%2Dcultural%2Dhot%2Dbutton%2DWikipedia%2Dhack
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Mostrevisions">Standup comedy cultural hot button Wikipedia hack.</a> Standup comics! Need a cultural hot button topic for a joke? Check out <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Mostrevisions">Wikipedia articles with the most revisions</a>.
Comedy gold. Just pick a topic and start riffing. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.47136Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:34:17 -0800basilwhiteWikimaniahttp://www.metafilter.com/43973/Wikimania
<a href="http://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikimania</a> begins on wednesday (in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt">Germany</a>). Unless you're there, you won't be able to hear the presentations on <small><a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikimania05/Paper-FD1">getting wikipedia into africa</a>, <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grand_Unified_Timeline_of_Human_History">a timeline with all of human history on it</a>, or <a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikimania05/OD1">the intersect of art and science</a></small>, but the <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Media_Competition">media competion nominees</a> are online. Check out the <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_Media_Competition_2005/Animation">animations</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43973Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:43:14 -0800TlogmerWikipedia and journalism (and ant farms, Bombay, etc.)http://www.metafilter.com/43651/Wikipedia%2Dand%2Djournalism%2Dand%2Dant%2Dfarms%2DBombay%2Detc
<a href="http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050721gupta/">The avatar versus the journalist.</a> Ant farms, Bombay, the neolithic revolution, and Wikipedia. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.43651Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:53:26 -0800TlogmerMining the Hive Mind, Wikipedia-stylehttp://www.metafilter.com/41895/Mining%2Dthe%2DHive%2DMind%2DWikipediastyle
One of <a href="http://wikiwax.com">many</a> <a href="http://www.wikipedia.org">Wikipedia-based</a> <a href="http://scribbling.net/projects/wikipedizetext/">applications</a>, <a href="http://www.omnipelagos.com">Omnipelagos</a> <a href="http://www.omnipelagos.com/query?start_name=mind&end_name=hive&ost=1">mines the hive mind</a> to <a href="http://www.omnipelagos.com/query?start_name=metafilter&end_name=map&ost=1">map</a> the <a href="http://www.omnipelagos.com/query?start_name=connection&end_name=web&ost=1">connections<a> between <a href="http://www.omnipelagos.com/query?start_name=Humbert+Humbert&end_name=haruki+murakami&ost=1">two</a> <a href="http://www.omnipelagos.com/query?start_name=David+Hasselhoff&end_name=The+Age+of+Enlightenment&ost=1">things</a>.</a></a> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.41895Tue, 10 May 2005 13:22:23 -0800jenhWikinewshttp://www.metafilter.com/36516/Wikinews
<a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikinews">Wikinews:</a> "Wikinews is a proposed project with the goal to collaboratively report and summarize news on all subjects from a neutral point of view." It looks like <a href="http://mssv.net/wiki.cgi?MoJo" title="When people from all sides of an issue are allowed to come together and share their own research, potential for learning is obvious. Having distributed journalism will do two things- It will provide a one stop shop for people, and it will get people involved in the process. The problem with traditional media is the editorial or corporate slant that news is given. When anyone can submit a story, and anyone who is interested can submit research, the editorial slant is taken out, or lost in the mix. People could put their own bias into something, but it would have to stand next to others. ">MoJo lives</a>, kind of, but we weren't the ones who ended up building it. Bummer. <small>[<a href="http://joi.ito.com/" title="That's why I'm against Wikimedia doing Wikinews. I think Wikinews is a great idea and a noble experiment. Someone should do it. I'm just worried that it will change the tone of the Wikipedian "bookworms for the common good community. competing with encyclopedias is very different from competing against journalists. it reminds me of the jack handy quote: 'to me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the dancers hit each other.'>via</a>]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.36516Mon, 25 Oct 2004 23:47:28 -0800stavrosthewonderchicken